I agree with Rachel that Sorab defended Amir because he wanted to escape, and also I think that he did this because he is a lot like Hassan and he knew it was the right thing to do and he wasn't afraid to back down.

I think that Sohrab is very much like his father. He wants to do the right thing, and stand up for his friends or even people he doesn't know. He will always be there, and he is such a gentle soul that he always willing to help.

I think that Sohrab knew who Amir was before he said what his name was. Sohrab knew that anything other than Assef would be good the run away with. Sohrab knew it was the right think to do to try and save Amir becuase that is just what his father, Hassan did.

I think that when Amir is taking the beating, he is finally feeling less guilty about the fact that he didnt help Hassan because earlier on in the book, he actually hoped that someone would find out, and that he would be punished for it. Like when he wants Hassan to throw the pomergranet at him.

i agree with tyler. Amir getting beat up symbolizes that he finally is taking the beating for Hassan, which he should have done so long ago. But sine he waited so long to finally do it, does it mean as much?

To answer Maria's question...I think it mentions all the time that he is at peace because he really is. He really feels forgiven by Hassan, he feels like he hadn't really let Baba down, he was saving Sohrab. He felt like he understood for once. He finally felt at peace.

On the inner circle, Tyler and Rachel was saying standing up for yourself and not for someone else, it is easier to felt at peace. Also, talking about Soraya and the driver, not meeting Soraya could change Amir in thoughts.

I think I agree with Tyler that Amir is finally free of what he did to Hassan, and that he took that beating for Hassan. I also think that it is important that he was beaten by Assef because he was the one that raped Hassan. And I also think that this beating would have occured when they were young too if Amir would have stepped in, so it was coming for him anyways.

I think that the fading in and out of chapter three symbolizes how horrible Amir's beating was, and that he is a little bit delusional. Or maybe it symbolizes his state of mind, and that he is always drifting in and out of his past. I also think it show the instability of his relationships and his life in general, and how he is always fading and contradicting himself.

The fading in and out could have been because of an amateur screenwriter. You're only suppose to do that at the begginning and end of the movie.

When Amir got the cut on his lip it was another example how Hassan came back spiritually and gave another example of how much closer he is to Amir even from the grave. This book is so deep spiritually that Siddartha can just go cry a river.

I agree with Jaime like he did mention that he wanted people to know what he let happen. He wanted to be punished and all the years that had passed he had still felt really guilty so getting the beating he definatley releaved.

I think Amir feels that because he took a beating for himself and didn't have someone else do it then he was growing up and becoming a man. Hassan always stood up for Amir and now Amir is standing up for himself.

I think that Amir had finally given back to Hassan and that is why he has the harelip. The harelip really represents Hassan and Amir is acting like Hassan now. Amir has stood up for Hassan and his son and it resembles their friendship.

Yeah, I Agree With Rachel. It Took Him A Long Time, But Hassan's Blood Line Finally Held Up His Promise, "One-Eyed Assef". I Think That's A Huge Deal Because, Whether Or Not Sohrab Knew The Story, I Doubt He Was Thinking About That At That Exact Moment.

On the inner circle, the eye thing, commenting on Rachels comment, it is a repayment and now it is a one eye thing relating back to the book. And the hairlip, relates to humility and doesn't understand why it is a big deal. This is a good well thought out way to look at it.

I like what Mrs. Leclaire said about this book and specifically this chapter being like a circle, and it has finally come around the cycle. Especially with Assef and how he lost his eye. This refers to earlier in the book when Hassan stood up for Amir, and told Assef he better leave or else he Become "one eyed Assef".

I think that Sohrab sling shooting Assef's eye resembles him as being just like his father. His father said he would take out his eye but he wasn’t able to but then his son took the eye out and saved the day!!

The harelip has a huge significance in this chapter. Amir is fianlly becoming a man, he is finally realizing how much Hassan meant to him. Having the scar like Hassan will always remind him of the great friend he always had.

I Think Ali Knew That If He Told Baba, Baba Wouldn't Have Talked To Amir At All. He Would've Completely Disrupted Amir's Childhood And Ali And Hassan Are Both Too Nice To Want That For Amir, No Matter What He's Done To Them.

Hey, this is Jason here.My computer died to the crazy amounts of Tetris being played on there. But to comment about the Sohrab being a little uneasy when being touched. I think he might have gotten abused when with Assef, and he is now emotionally scarred.

I think that Sohrab knows that Amir is a good man but he is just scared for life because he was so abused that he cannot deal with physical contact from anyone. His life is going to be hard getting over his childhood with Assef and I think he needs to get as far away from him as possible.

Sohrad doesn't know who to trust right now. He lost all of his family and then the people that took him (Assef) raped him, he didn't know who to trust. It would take a while for him to learn to trust Amir.

Assef is such a nasty man.

I think Assef kept Sohrab around to show his power. Assef had control over the many Talib's but he couldn't do anything to them. Sohrab was the one person he had control over at the time.

I think at first Sohrab was scared whenever Amir touched him because of what Assef did to him. Assef was very cruel to Sohrab and because of that he is scarred and is scared of everyone even if they are good. Sohrab also is not sure if Amir really wants to help him or if he wants to put him in another orphanage.

In the inner circle, I don't think Amir will be like Assef. Assef has been raping Sohrab, and talking about Ms. Leclaire's questions, why Assef is so dirty and other people can handle im around, making a point and showing a power with control. People are afraid that he doesn't have that power and have the people around him have discumfort so he feels at the top.

I don't understand why Assef is raping kids, and why he did it so much worse to Sohrab. I think it's partically because he wants to dominate everything in his path and thats one way he feels that he can dominate someone. Also maybe it's because he knows that it will have a big affect on Sohrab. It will and did destroy him emotionally and physically, now Sohrab feels weak and thats just what Assef wanted.

I think that Khan wanted Amir to save Sohrab and adopt him into his own family. Amir and his wife were not able to have children on their own and they didn’t want to adopt children because they didn’t want to have a child without their own blood but now that Amir knows that Hassan was his father's son then he knows who's blood it was.

i agree i think that he did want to heve AMir go back so that he could see the things he grew up around. I think that he thought it would be a very humbling experance for him becasue he could see all the things that change over time. His entire life has turned around and now that he sees all the change first hand he realizes how much time really changes a place.

Oh Yeah. I Agree With Hilary.The Blood Line Would Continue With Sohrab Because Baba's Blood Was In Hassan Which Got Passed On To Sohrab. And By Having Baba's Blood, He's Also Got Bits And Peices Of Amir's Blood.

The fact that they are adopting him is not really going to erase what happend, although it may make him feel like he is doing his part. I agree with Rachel when she said that he will never forget, and will probably never really forgive himself for what happend all of those years ago, but he is beginning to accept it.

I agree with Rachel and Whitney, I think it was Rahim Khan's plan all along was to actually have Amir adopt Sohrab. Also I agree with Hilary, that Sohrab does have the blood of Baba. And that was the problem in the first place, that Soraya and Amir wanted to prolong their good blood. I also think that they were'nt able to have a child because theyy were meant tio care for Sohrab. Just like Hassan always looked out for Amir, now Amir is looking out for him and his son. I don't know though... just thinking out loud.

I think Amir feels that he has been forgiven even though he will still have that little regret of not helping Hassan. But him taking in Sohrab helps him feel that he is on his way to be good again. He also feels as though Hassan is happy that Amir is helping his son.

I agree with Rachael. Assef's parents just don't seem like the type of people that can do anything to their sin. Back during Amir's party, they seemed to follow him around as if he were the adult. I don't think they have much control over Assef.

I think that's a really good question. Why is Assef so messed up? What life changing events caused him to feel such hatred towards Hazaras and other people who are considered unworthy? And if he is so obsessed with purity and good blood, and real Afghans, then why is it that he is allowed such authority when he is only half Afghanistan himself?

Why did he try to commit suicide? I think that sohrab commited suicide because event though he acts happy he isn't and he misses his parents. I think he wants to be happy but it is so hard to forget what happend.

Why did Sohrab try to commit suicide?I think that he tried to commit suicide because he wanted his old life back, and since he couldnt have it back this was the only way out. he was so miserable in his new life.

I think that Sohrab tryed to committ suicide because he was so miserable in the orphanage and he was already promised that he would never have to go back, but because that is an option I don't think he knew what else to do.

I think that Sohrab tried to commit suicide because he would rather have died then go to an orphanage. And also because he was sick of feeling insecure and he wanted someone to care for him. Maybe he just wanted to be with his family again.

I think that he wants his new life back because he felt at home with his old life. He had more of a sense of security in his home land because that is where he grew up and that is what he is confertable with.

I agree with rachel when she said that he was going to kill himself because he would rather be with his family in heavan than down in the orphanage. He thought it was sort of the only way out because he was so sick of the way that everything is going.

The leaders asked why Sohrab is sick of his life? I think he is just sick of not feeling safe and not feeling loved. He lost his parents when he was young and he lost so much. Above all he lost his dignity when he was Assef's prisioner. He just wants to feel safe again.

I think the suicide decision through Amir was brought from the living life style and his chilhood. The many bad images and deaths along with the things that happend to close ones came back to Amir's head. Close to the end of the book, he sorta flashbacks every bad thing that had happend before and I think that is pressure brought into suicide.

I don't think you can fix most of your mistakes. I think you just have to accept them for what they are and learn from them. I mean, obviously it depends on the situation, but for the most part you can't go back and fix it.

I think Sohrab committed suicide because he was so miserable and he just didnt know what to do with himself and he felt so alone and he has been through alot and he felt that was probably the only way to escape.

I don't think that it is posable to fix something that happened in your past becasue you can't go back and change what happened to them. You can only try to make it up to them and hope that they can recover from it!

Mrs. Leclaire asked if it is possible to fix something you did horribly wrong in the past. I agree with Whitney when she says that it isnt possible to change it or fix it, but you can learn for it and learn not to make the same mistake again.

There is no way to fix a mistake. You can only keep doing things to bury it in your memory in a deep dark place until it shows up again at some place like JC Pennys resulting in a big scene caused by wire hangers.

Mrs. Leclaire asked if you did something horrible if there was anyway to fix what you did? I think that yes there is away to fix it if you change yourself and if you forgive yourself everything will be ok. It depends on how bad the thing you did was.

I think soray feels really sad when he is so quiet because its hard for her because she wants her own kid. I tihnk she feels dissapointed and rejected because she was expecting a little happy-go-lucky kid, instead of a depressed one.

I think that Soraya feels let down that her and Amir were forced to adopt their own kids. Also I believe that Sohrab is bittersweet that he is in America becuase he is glad to be free but misses his homeland.

I think that Sohrab is really sad and depressed because he feels like he was betrayed by Amir when Amir said that he would never have to go back to an orphanage so he probably doesn't know who he can trust.

When Sohrab grows up he'll see that Amir was a righteous dude who saved him from the hellhole known as Kabul. And also he needed a vacation from that place anyway. Also America has a great library of reality television which is just the thing Sohrab needs to numb his pain.

I think that sohrab was happy in a way to leave Kabul cause thats where everything bad happened, i know lots of good things in his life happened there too but he also lost a lot of things, ex: his parents, and his pride.

I think that Sohrab tryed to kill himself because his life has been going downhill since his parents were killed, so he wants to have all that back and the only way he thinks he can do that is by being with Hassan and Farzana.

Hilary asked if Sohrab attempted to kill himself to see his mother and father again. I think he did, he wanted to escape because he thought he would go to an orphanage again, and he was abaolutely terrified of that idea. And he wanted to see his mother and father in heaven.

I know Kayla but I'm asking the question to see what people think happened to him before he died. I meant as in where did he go after he helped Amir. I know he died but I was interested in the opinions of everyone on where he went to die.

I think that Soraya feels like she is doing something wrong because Sohrab doesn't talk. She probably feels bad about herself because he isn't talking and she tried to have a kid and now the kid is being "mean."

I think that the general was upset at first becuase he was not sure of whos blood Sohrab was from. Blood is such a big sign of family in the Afghan culture that if you have a child of different blood then your family name could be ruined.

The General was probably like, "Not in my house!"But he was right because later that day everyone got onto their myspaces and posted endless mounts of comments about the Hazarra boy.It took the General hours to delete all those nasty pic comments. No way was he gonna PC4PC.

But still, they're livin' in the past, man. This is 2001 baby, get with the times.

I think Sohrab just wanted out. He didn't want to feel like he was a burden to Amir. He just wanted to feel loved and like he was wanted. He was loved and wanted but it was just hard for everything to follow through. Trying to get him into America was the hardest thing, it wasn't that Amir and Soraya didn't want him, they just had to wait. Sohrab also wanted his old life back, he probably thought that since his parents were both dead the only way he could get his old life back was if he was dead too.

When the general heard about sorab i think he was dissapointed becuase he wanted to keep up good impressions. He didnt want people to know that his daughter was living with a "hazara boy."I agree with allison in that this is a significant part of the book because he is finally standing up for hassan and sorab. He is accepting what happend and feels compfortable letting everyone know the truth now.

I think that the author included the scene with Amris because he is now showing that he isn't afraid to stand up. He is standing up for Hassan, for Himself, and paying back Sohrab or shooting Assef for him.

The kites symbolize how Amir has taken a full circle on his spiritual journey and how powerful Hassan is in spirit form to become one with Amir. Like the tear enducing part when he was all like, "For you a thousand times over." That part was so good on a spiritual metaphysical level.

The leaders asked if Sohrab was bitter to move away from Kabul. I think he is bitter to leave his past and the land where his mom and dad died. He does want to start over with his life though. He wants things to be good again.

This is chelsea chapman...I agree with Allison when she said that Amir is finally standing up for himself and making things right with Baba. He is proving Baba wrong because Baba told Rahim he thinks Amir never stands up for himself and has others pick his fights for him.

I think Sohrab's silence is just his way of not becoming attached to the world. I think he believes that its not worth the pain, as he has already lost everything once, to go through getting all tied up with a 'new' family. He wants to remain seperate from everyone so that he doesn't have to lose it all.

I do think that sorab is bitter about the fact that he had to leave his homeland, but even more that he has to deal with the death of his parents. He is having a hard time copeing with all of the new changes, but i do think that he is greatful that he has been given a new chance at life.

What do the kites symbolize in the end? I think that the kites symbolize a way to be good again like the book mentioned in the begininning. The kites symbolize that there are better things to come and the complicated past is behind them, they can let go. I agree with allison when she said that it symbolizes his new friendship with Sohrab.

this is chelsea chapman...i think that the kite represents when things were good and happiness. I think this because Amir and Hassan were happy when they would fly kites and that was when everything was fine and good...then the kites were not flown and desaster struck...now in the end the kites fly and things are good again!